Ironing-stand



W. R. LASATER IRONING STAND.

N0.;486,584. Patented Sept. 16. 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM RUFUS LASATER, OF PARIS, TENNESSEE.

lRONlNG-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,584, dated September 16, 1890..

7 Application filed May 28, 1890- Serial No. 358,457. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM RUFUS LAsA- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Henry and State of Tennessee, haveinventcdnewand useful Improvements in Ironing-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to tables especially adapted for ironing clothes; and the object of my improvement is to provide a stand and board of a simple and durable construction, the particular novelty of which will be specifically pointed out in the claim concluding this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of lnyimproved ironing-stand. Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tripod, and Fig. 5 is the interchangeable board;

The tripod is formed of two parts, one of which is a trestle a and the other is a strong 'strut I), much longer than the divergent trestlelegs, and made wide at one end so as to form a projecting shoulder a, and adapted to receive the crossbar d, which connects the trestle-legs, so that the shoulder of the strut extends under the trestle-bar. The upper end of the strut stands on a level with the upper edge of the trestle-bar and forms with it a level seat e f g, upon which the board is bound and supported in a horizontal posit-ion. The board h is provided with a cross-cleat a, wide enough to fit upon the seat cf 9, and to give a firm support thereon to the board, in which the trestle cross-bar gives a firm lateral support and the upper end of the strut gives a firm longitudinal support to the board.

The board and the two parts of the tripod are firmly secured and bound together by a single bolt j, which passes through coincident openings in the board, its cleat, the trestle crossbar, and the under projecting shoulder part c of the strut, and a thumb-nut 70 on the lower end of the bolt clamps the strut to the under side of the trestle cross-bar and the board upon the upper side of said trestle crossbar, the head of the bolt being countersunk in the top of the board. This construction permits the three parts to M be easily and quickly separated and to be bound together.

I provide one side of the board with a movable rest to hold the skirt up off the floor in moving it upon and over the board when ironing. This rest is formed of a bar Z, nearly as long as the board and connected to its under side by arms m, which are pivoted to the bar and to the board, so as to permit the bar to be moved with a parallel movement beneath the board out of the way in placing the dress upon the board, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and then to be moved out from the board to raise and hold the dress off the floor.

For ironing sleeves, pants, shirts, &c., I provide a small board n, which is made interchangeable With the large one and secured in the same Way.

To increase the rigidity of the connected parts, I provide the vertical shouldered and the top parts of the strut with dowel-pins .98, which enter holes in the trestle cross-bar and in the boardcleat.

I claim as my improvement- In an ironing-stand, the combination of the board, the tripod formed of the trestle part, and the strut, the latter having the shouldered projection c, and the bolt passing through coincident openings in the board, the trestle cross-bar, and the strut shouldered part, and the binding-nut, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM RUFUS LASATVER. 

